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For lateral lines, I use a piece of cardstock/notecard and cut the line into and mask off the edges with some painters tape.  Keeps things even and as straight as possible.  The colors are solid!

That and I am probably going to use some sort of tool to hold the bait steady.. what I have at the moment isn't very user friendly and freehand isn't a good idea..

thanks for the tip..  I figured a stencil was the way to go, trying to make some out of some PETG clear sheets, but they have not arrived from amazon yet..

and since I live in Alaska, these baits will head to Texas in the next few weeks, hopefully the  bass will not mind the uneven lateral lines too much.. ha

if you live by the coast, im sure a salmon or pelagic rockfish would slam one of those deeper divers!